Rules I'd Change

Don't penalise fielders for touching the rope

If the ball doesn't touch the rope, it shouldn't be a four

05-May-2013•Devashish Fuloria

Remove fielding restrictions in ODIs

It will prompt captains and bowlers to actively seek wickets rather than wait for pressure points to build

28-Apr-2013•Alan Gardner

Make the shortest format two-innings a side

Bring Test cricket's great strength to cricket's money-making format

14-Apr-2013•Rob Steen

Allow three bowlers to bowl 12 overs each in ODIs

It's time to tip the scales slightly in favour of the bowling side, and thereby improve the quality of the contest

08-Apr-2013•S Rajesh

Allow lbws outside off even if the batsman offers a shot

Too many players escape being dismissed by pretending to play the ball

31-Mar-2013•Nitin Sundar

Permit two run-outs off the same delivery

Take a leaf out of baseball and give fielders a chance to aim for a higher level of achievement

22-Mar-2013•Saad Shafqat

No runs for deflections off direct hits

If the ball ricochets off the stumps after an attempted run-out, why should it benefit the batsman?

16-Mar-2013•Sambit Bal

Don't ban captains for slow over-rates

It only serves to devalue the next game, especially if it's a crucial one

17-Feb-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

No freebies for the protected

Do not allow today's well-armoured batsmen to get runs when they let the ball hit their bodies rather than their bats

02-Feb-2013•George Binoy

No-ball, not dead ball

Why put a batsman at a disadvantage for a bowler's rudimentary mistake of colliding with the stumps?

20-Jan-2013•David Hopps

No free hits

Allowing a batsman to play a legitimate delivery without the fear of losing his wicket goes against the fundamentals of cricket

14-Jan-2013•Aakash Chopra

Go back to the back foot

That'll reduce the number of illegal deliveries bowled, improve over rates, and give umpires more time to spend on the important decisions

22-Dec-2012•Ian Chappell

Hand it to the bowler

A handled-the-ball dismissal should count towards a bowler's wicket tally

16-Dec-2012•Daniel Brettig

More bouncers please

In the first of our new series on cricket rules and laws that could do with changing, we examine the case for unlimited short-pitched bowling in Tests

09-Dec-2012•Sharda Ugra

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